Christensenia aesculifolia (Blume) Maxon

Species

Pteridophytes > Marattiales > Marattiaceae > Christensenia

Characteristics

Plants up to 80 cm tall. Rhizomes creeping (to suberect), short, fleshy, scaly; scales brown with red spots, large, rounded. Stipes up to 36(-50) cm. Laminae simple or pedately lobed to palmate, middle pinna largest, 9-25 × 3-15 cm, bases cuneate, margins entire to undulate, apices acute to acuminate, distal pinnae (if present) smaller, inequilateral and subrounded at base, margins entire, lobed, or broadly crenate, usually undulate, apices acute to acuminate. Synangia radially arranged, circular, made up of 8-12 sporangia.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.8
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Christensenia aesculifolia world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17236810-1
WFO ID wfo-0001117730
COL ID 5YGTH
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Synonyms

Kaulfussia korthalsii Kaulfussia assamica Kaulfussia aesculifolia Christensenia aesculifolia Christensenia assamica Aspidium aesculifolium Christensenia aesculifolia subsp. korthalsii